Apologetics Blog Posts

On this blog I try to cover tough issues that can make people doubt or question their faith. Recently in a class I’m taking that covers the Psalms, we discussed the challenge of the “imprecatory Psalms.” [There are a variety …...

  Francis Spufford is an English writer who happens to be christian. The following essay is his attempt at defending his version of a wishy washy and wimp-ish kind of religious faith. While I disagree with him, I very much enjoy his prose. ...

Greetings everyone! I haven’t blogged much lately. I guess I needed a little break as I’ve had some other things going on in my life. This post will be a brief book review. Who Moved the Stone? by Frank Morison … Continue reading &#...

I recently stumbled upon this book at a library used book sale: Finding God in the Questions by Dr. Timothy Johnson. If you google it, you’ll find not only reviews but interviews and video clips where Dr. Johnson discusses the … Continue...

Continuing to blog through this book: Walking Away from Faith (Unraveling the Mystery of Belief and Unbelief) by Ruth Tucker. InterVarsity Press, 2002.   * part 1,  part 2,  part 3,  part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7 In this … Continue readin...

Continuing to blog through this book: Walking Away from Faith (Unraveling the Mystery of Belief and Unbelief) by Ruth Tucker. InterVarsity Press, 2002.   * part 1,  part 2,  part 3,  part 4. More thoughts on the middle section of the … Con...

At the beginning of my post entitled “Polygamy, incest and gang rape in the Bible?”, I mentioned that the post originated from dialogue I had via e-mail with an agnostic friend. In this post I’ll cover another issue that we … Continue rea...

[This post has related or continuing thoughts from this post.] The books of Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy in the Old Testament of the Bible have some sections with laws, codes, and instructions in it. Certain of these laws seem downright …...

Last summer I had some mutually beneficial dialogue with an agnostic friend about Christianity. I appreciated the opportunity to think through some issues. My friend admitted there were some remarkable things about the Bible that point to its trustwo...

I’ve always been fascinated at how arrogance justifies suspicion in Christian circles. The title of my post today refers back to the second century when Christians gathered in churches for the regular ‘love feast’, the term given fo...

With the plentiful devotional thoughts of the Advent season, I decided to share something more academic – but fascinating – at least for me! Perhaps for you as well? In Matthew 2:23 we read that Jesus resided in Nazareth in … Contin...

The Rosary, Questions 1417-1427 from Radio Replies Volume I Copyright © 1938 (by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble, M.S.C. and Rev. Charles Mortimer Carty). Attending a Catholic Church one evening I was disgusted by the rigmarole called the Rosary. What is tha...

Devotion to Mary, Questions 1400-1416 from Radio Replies Volume I Copyright © 1938 (by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble, M.S.C. and Rev. Charles Mortimer Carty). St. Bonaventure said, “Into thy hands, O Lady, I commend my spirit.” Thus he served t...

Images, Questions 1343-1355 from Radio Replies Volume I Copyright © 1938 (by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble, M.S.C. and Rev. Charles Mortimer Carty). Why are Catholic Churches decorated with images and statues in direct violation of the second commandment?

Tract: Why Is Mary Crying? Claim: Devotion to Mary doesn’t please her. It breaks her heart. The Big Question: Is that true? Let’s find out. You can download the above critique of Why is Mary Crying as a PDF (1.1 MB) over here. Thank you.

Here are some links to articles or posts that impacted my thinking or I otherwise appreciated the last few weeks: 22 ways to humble ourselves.  Christians should be the most humble people on earth. So why aren’t we?  A list … Continue r...

Today, I’ve been thinking about faith. And today I’ve decided to write a post on faith, and hopefully you will tell me what you think about it. You see, when people think of faith, they attach certain opinions to it, such as… ItR...

I’ve been doing a lot of work recently that involves talking about the nature of God. When talking about the nature of God, you often find yourself trying to explain things that contradict God’s nature, especially the fact that we live in...

I’ve long had a vague familiarity with Blaise Pascal, and was always challenged whenever I stumbled upon quotes or references from his Pensees. I even took the title of my blog from a quote in Pensees! So…I figured it was … Continue...

When I was a younger Christian, I was told and educated in church and by other Christians around me at the time that we are, as the people of God, meant to have an answer to everything, or at least, most things. Things that we didn’t have the c...